On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Josh Berkus <j...@agliodbs.com> wrote: >> My own experience is different from yours, I guess. I actually like >> it when I post a patch, or suggest a concept, and Tom fires back with >> a laundry list of reasons it won't work. > > This can be a problem with new submitters, though. If you're not used > to the current community dialog, that email can be taken as "your idea > is stupid because" rather than what it actually means, which is "fix > these issues and resubmit, please". That's often not clearly > communicated, and is important with new submitters. >
+1 to this as well. I definitely felt that way when submitting my first patch. Robert might even recall a convo at a conference that he and I had about it. If not for that I might have given up long ago. Now I can say I am used to it though, and I appreciate the honest and constructive criticism I receive because over time I have seen that Tom and others are even critical of themselves and it's really for the betterment of the final product. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
